The Less package contains a text file viewer.
Approximate build time: 0.1 SBU Required disk space: 3.4 MB |
Official download location for Less (381):
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/less/
For its installation Less depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed.
Prepare Less for compilation:
./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin --sysconfdir=/etc |
The meaning of the configure option:
--sysconfdir=/etc: This option tells the programs created by the package to look in /etc for their configuration files.
Compile the package:
make |
And install it:
make install |
Installed programs: less, lessecho and lesskey
less is a file viewer or pager. It displays the contents of the given file, letting you scroll around, find strings, and jump to marks.
lessecho is needed to expand metacharacters, such as * and ?, in filenames on Unix systems.
lesskey is used to specify the key bindings for less.